The Best Nonlinear Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Paper Animal Adventure added at rank #29.
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Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.

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  • audio
  • meditative
  • production
  • park
  • philosophical
  • abstract
  • walking-simulator
  • nonlinear
  • conversation
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • minimalist
  • surreal

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Orten Was The Case (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.


  • manipulation
  • time
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • metroidvania
  • 2.5d
  • humor
  • conspiracy
  • time-management
  • dystopian
  • choices
  • mystery
  • detective
  • dark
  • open-world

23

Murderous Muses (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.


  • mystery
  • fmv
  • procedural
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • lovecraftian
  • lore
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • replay-value
  • resource-management
  • drama
  • supernatural
  • walking-simulator
  • exploration

24

Psychroma (2024)

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PC Windows Linux Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Psychroma is a narrative-driven side-scroller where you play as a digital medium. Confront the past by piecing together the broken memories of a cybernetic house, and exorcise the ghosts in the machine.


  • cyberpunk
  • psychedelic
  • psychological
  • capitalism
  • nonlinear
  • scroller
  • horror
  • lgbtq
  • dystopian
  • pixel
  • emotional
  • story
  • surreal
  • fiction
  • dark

25

Skye Tales (2023)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Join Skye the friendly dragon and glide across the colourful, musical, cosy valleys of Brinn in Skye Tales, a gentle puzzle exploration game set in a world that couldn’t be happier to see you. Your playful world awaits!

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  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • 2.5d
  • character
  • nonlinear
  • colourful
  • dragon
  • customization
  • open-world
  • ambient
  • relaxing
  • cute
  • family-friendly
  • platform
  • cozy

26

Serin Fate (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Evil is afoot... Wielding your new Magic, bound into mysterious Monster-infested lands to uncover ancient relics and restore the Fate Stone. Along the way, explore the depths of every nook to find creatures, garner ingredients, train in Witchery, and craft new equipment.

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  • collector
  • creature
  • nonlinear
  • magic
  • immersive
  • farming
  • simulation
  • exploration
  • sandbox
  • fantasy
  • replay-value
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • pixel
  • action-adventure

27

Space Wreck (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android

Post-apocalyptic retro RPG in space with an extreme focus on role-playing. Inch wide, miles deep - intentionally short yet surprisingly deep and branching adventure with multiple gameplay styles. Combat 100% optional.

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  • diplomacy
  • nonlinear
  • multiple-endings
  • post-apocalyptic
  • lore
  • immersive
  • isometric
  • rpg
  • choices
  • space
  • old-school
  • simulation
  • turn-based
  • atmospheric
  • dystopian

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The Shape of Things (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Experience a relaxing atmosphere from the comfort of your cozy room by solving small 3D puzzles inside collectible gachapons, and find the original shape of things inspired by Rubik’s style.

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  • nonlinear
  • point-and-click
  • logic
  • 3d
  • platform
  • colourful
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • precision
  • vision
  • minimalist
  • cute
  • atmospheric
  • casual
  • family-friendly

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Paper Animal Adventure (2025)

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j Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Paper Animal Adventure is a cute roguelike game where you can explore a colorful world, fight scary enemies, and relax with your friends at the campfire! Will you be the one to seal the timelines and find the missing king?


  • rpg
  • nonlinear
  • dungeon-crawler
  • cartoony
  • dungeon
  • rogue-like
  • mystery
  • cute
  • tactical
  • exploration
  • funny
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • controller-support
  • family-friendly

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Amedama (2024)

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j Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Side-scrolling, soul-shifting sandbox action adventure brought to life with a striking new 2D style! With only his soul remaining, Yushin must fight tooth and nail, possessing body after body on a quest to find his sister. With just seven days left until his soul departs, can he save her in time?


  • dark
  • swordplay
  • nonlinear
  • 2.5d
  • conversation
  • scroller
  • choices
  • historical
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • fantasy

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